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Haematological Tests Flashcards

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What is measured in iron studies?

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  • Serum Iron
  • Total Iron binding capcity
  • Serum Ferritin
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What are the following?

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Acanthocytes - spicules on RBCs, due to RBC membrane lipid structure

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What are causes of acanthocytes?

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  • Splenectomy
  • Alcoholic liver disease
  • Spherocytosis
  • Haemoglobinopathy
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What can cause blast cells in plasma?

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  • Myelofibrosis
  • Leukaemia
  • Malignant bone marrow infiltration
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What is the following?

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Basophilic stippling - denatured RNA found in RBCs, indicating accelerated erythropeises of defective Hb synthesis

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What can cause Basophilic stippling?

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  • Lead poisoning
  • Megaloblastic anaemia
  • Leukaemia
  • Malignant infiltration
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What are the following?

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Cabot rings - thin, red-violet staining, threadlike strands in the shape of a loop or figure-8 that are found on rare occasions in red blood cells (erythrocytes)

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What are causes of cabot rings?

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  • Pernicious anaemia
  • Lead poisoning
  • Bad infections
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What is the following?

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Howell jolly bodies - DNA nuclear remanats in RBCs, which are normally removed by the spleen

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What are causes of Howell-Jolly Bodies?

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  • Post-splenectomy
  • Hyposplenism
  • Myelodysplasia
  • Megaloblastic anaemia
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What is the following?

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Hypochromia - less dense staining of RBCs caused by decreased Hb synthesis

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What is the following?

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Poikilocytosis - variation in RBC shape

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What are causes of poikilocytosis?

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  • IDA
  • Myelofibrosis
  • Thalassemia
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What are the following?

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Reticulocytes - Young, large RBCs signifying active erythropoeisis

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When might you see reticulocytosis on blood film?

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  • Haemolysis
  • Haemorrhage
  • If B12, folate or iron given to marrow that lack these nutrients
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What are the following?

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Spherocytes - spherical cells found in hereditary spherocytosis and autoimmune haemolytic anaemia

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What are the following?

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Rouleaux formation - red cells stacked on each other, causing a rasied ESR

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What can cause rouleaux formation?

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  • Chronic inflammation
  • Paraproteinaemia
  • Myeloma
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What are the following?

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Schistocytes - Fragmented RBCs sliced by fibrin bands, in intravascular haemolysis

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What are causes of schistocytes?

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Microangiopathic anaemia

  • DIC
  • Haemolytic uraemic syndrome
  • TTP
  • Pre-eclampsia
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What causes increased neutrophil count (neutrophilia)?

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  • Bacterial infections
  • Inflammation
  • Myeloproliferative disorders
  • Drugs
  • Disseminated malignancy
  • Stress - trauma, surgery, burns
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What are causes of decreased neutrophil count (neutropenia)?

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  • Viral infections
  • Drugs - post chemo, cytotoxic agents, carbimazole
  • Severe sepsis
  • Neutrophil antibodies - SLE
  • Hypersplenism - felty’s syndrome
  • Bone marrow failure
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What causes increased lymphocyte count?

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Lymphocytosis

  • Acute viral infection
  • Chronic infections - TB, brucella, syphilis
  • Leukaemias - esp. CLL
  • Lymphomas
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When might you see a decreased lymphocyte count?

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  • Steroid therapy
  • SLE
  • Uraemia
  • Legionnaire’s Disease
  • HIV infection
  • Marrow infiltration
  • Post-chemo/radiotherapy
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What could cause eosinophilia?

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  • Drug reaction
  • Allergies - asthma, atopy
  • Parasitic infection
  • Skin disease
  • Malignant disease
  • Adrenal insufficiency
  • Irradiation
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What causes Monocytosis?

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  • Post chemo/radiotherapy
  • Chronic infections
  • Malignant disease
  • Myelodisplasia
27
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What is the prothrombin time?

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Along with its derived measures of prothrombin ratio (PR) and international normalized ratio (INR)— PT assays evaluate the extrinsic pathway of coagulation. They are used to determine the clotting tendency of blood, in the measure of warfarin dosage, liver damage, and vitamin K status

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Which clotting pathway does the PT look at?

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Extrinsic Pathway

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Which pathway does the APTT look at?

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Intrinsic pathway

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What is the APTT?

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Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT or APTT)

Partial thromboplastin time (PTT) measures the overall speed at which blood clots by means of two consecutive series of biochemical reactions known as the “intrinsic” (now referred to as the contact activation pathway) and common coagulation pathways.

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What is ESR a measure of?

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Time taken for blood to sediment at bottom of tube if left to stand - heavier the blood, the quicker the sedimentation rate

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Why might ESR increase?

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Inflammatory/Autoimmune conditions which increase fibrinogen or IgG production - causes red cells to clump together

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